bhaw wrote:I don't. What else is the average American dude going to do on a Sunday early afternoon? There may be some slight loss of interest but not enough to register anything meaningful.

Saturday will be the big football day as college football will start to greatly pass the nfl in popularity. at least i believe.

Maybe, but I don't see it. Even if, you still have all the time after the college season. And unless you are a fan of an SEC team, why bother? Everything is set up for them to be in the top 2, regardless.

bhaw wrote:I don't. What else is the average American dude going to do on a Sunday early afternoon? There may be some slight loss of interest but not enough to register anything meaningful.

Saturday will be the big football day as college football will start to greatly pass the nfl in popularity. at least i believe.

Maybe, but I don't see it. Even if, you still have all the time after the college season. And unless you are a fan of an SEC team, why bother? Everything is set up for them to be in the top 2, regardless.

Doesn't stop schools like OSU, PSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon etc. from selling out stadiums and getting games on national TV.

Though I will agree, it is a regional thing. The ratings will never be as high as NFL games.

This rule change is really dumb but it won't keep from watching. What makes me change the channel though is the number of commercial breaks they squeeze into the games.

Game opening kickoffCommercial Three and out and puntcommercial Player injured on 2nd downCommercial3rd down play is a debatable touchdownCommercialTouchdown is good and extra point is kickedCommercialKickoffCommercialTimeout called by defense on 2nd downCommercial End of the first quarterCommercial

shmenguin wrote:College football is trending towards the opposite direction of the NFL. And not in a good way. There's no chance it will ever threaten the pro league.

I agree. And this rule change wouldn't have a huge impact. 47% of knockoffs are now touchbacks. Only 9% are returned for touchdowns. Instead of having a play where nearly half the time nothing happens you'd have a punt (which is more likely to result in a TD return than a kickoff) or you'd have another dramatic offensive play. This article goes over some of the stats.

shmenguin wrote:College football is trending towards the opposite direction of the NFL. And not in a good way. There's no chance it will ever threaten the pro league.

I agree. And this rule change wouldn't have a huge impact. 47% of knockoffs are now touchbacks. Only 9% are returned for touchdowns. Instead of having a play where nearly half the time nothing happens you'd have a punt (which is more likely to result in a TD return than a kickoff) or you'd have another dramatic offensive play. This article goes over some of the stats.

Yeah, i'm pretty sure they made that rule last year just so they could transition to this. Even at the time everyone was commenting on how they may as well take the kickoff away. They just decided to give the ball to a different team.

"The streak is over! The streak is over! The streak is over! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!" from the other room. LOL.

I can't stand the Eagles, most of their fans (notable exceptions), and just about everything else about them, but good for Andy Reid. I've been rooting for him and him only--makes no sense, I know. He seems, to me, to be a nice man, he's been through a lot this year, and he knows he's going to be canned after this season.